Phupata, Phupāṭā: 2 definitions

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Phupata means something in Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

phupāṭā (फुपाटा) [or फुंपाटा, phumpāṭā].—m sometimes phupāṭa m Hot cinders or ashes, embers. Pr. āgīntūna nighālā āṇi phumpāṭyānta paḍalā. 2 Applied to gravel or sand heated by the sun. 3 fig. A light and dry soil; a soil loose like ashes. 4 Dry dust or loose earth (lying upon the road or a surface gen.) 5 fig. Bluster, vaporing, puffing, swelling professions or airy pretensions. v kara.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

phupāṭā (फुपाटा) [or phumpāṭā, or फुंपाटा].—

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phupāṭa (फुपाट).—m sometimes phupāṭa m Hot cinders or ashes. Pr. āgīntūna nighālā āṇi phumpāṭyānta paḍalā. Out of the frying pan into the fire. Gravel or sand heated by the sun. A light and dry soil. Dry dust. Airy pretensions.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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